Paying It Forward: The Power of Mentoring in the Data Community

First off, a huge thank you to Deborah for hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday and for the invite to contribute! More importantly, thank you, Deborah, for your continued support of New Stars of Data over the years. Your mentorship and commitment to helping new speakers find their voice have made a real impact on our…

Some thoughts on data platform community events

In recent months, I ended up subtweeting quite a bit on things that stood out for me with conferences… Mainly pointing at organizers but in parts also attendees. Unsurprisingly however, it seems like those tweets for the most part triggered a couple of entertaining and facepalm moments for some but mostly not the right people,…